SINGAPORE: Dengue cases in Singapore have reached epidemic levels with 401 cases reported last week.
This is the highest weekly figure so far this year – up more than one third from the week before.
A total of 2,868 cases have been reported in the first 24 weeks of this year, more than double the 1,392 cases in the same period last year.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) has stepped up its checks, especially on homes, and 171,022 inspections were carried out in May.
In the first 23 weeks of the year, 2,354 breeding habitats were discovered in homes, which is 87 percent more than the same period last year.
More than half of the 500 environmental health officers are tackling dengue transmission in the current 77 clusters.
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